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University Daily Kansan
Friday. Nov. 7, 1952
New Electronic Microscope 40 Times More Powerful
NEW ELECTRON MICROSCOPE—William E. Miller, microscopist, prepares to study a specimen under the powerful new Philips electron microscope now in operation by the Research foundation.—Kansan photo by Maurice Prather.
By MAURICE PRATHER
Housed in Lindley hall, the University now has in operation the new North American Philips electron microscope, which was purchased for the Research foundation.
Capable of magnifications from 1,000 to 60,000 times, the new microscope is housed in a specially constructed room on the first floor of Landry.
In a smartly styled desk type console, with all operating controls grouped for easy access, the Philips microscope is capable of magnifications 30 to 40 times greater than possible with an ordinary microscope.
about 14 feet if viewed at 60,000 magnifications. However, the electron microscope will only be used to view much smaller objects.
The specimen viewed by the microscope is projected on to an eight inch screen for viewing purposes. A large majority of the work studied under the microscope will be photographed by a special camera which comes with the microscope.
If it were possible to view a human hair under the microscope, and it is not because the hair is too large, it would have a diameter of
The image on the screen is produced by five lenses formed by a magnetic field. All the lenses, together with the specimen, are in high vacuum because the electrons will not move freely through air.
Kansas' 1913 Homecoming Was Among First in Nation
The first homecoming at the University was held in 1913, just two years after the nation's first homecoming at the University of Illinois.
The 1913 homecoming was a big success, but the coming of World War I prevented another homecoming until six years later when an equally successful affair was held.
Parades with floats, decorated houses, queens, rallies, and parties have been a part of most KU homecomings. In addition to these traditional events, something original has been added for nearly every homecoming.
In 1927 the homecoming game was broadcast for the first time over the University's own radio station, KFKU.
In 1921, an Old Timer's Night, a smoker and chat for men, was inaugurated. The first homecoming game to be broadcast over a radio station was in 1922 by WDAF. Also new in that year was Hobo day, with undergraduates dressed in their oldest clothes.
Organized houses began competing for the best decorated houses in 1924. Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Chi Omega were the first winners.
Miss Ada Swineford, head of the petrographic laboratory of the State Geological survey, will direct the operation of the new microscope. William E. Miller, research foundation assistant, will be the microscopist operating the electron microscope.
The death of "Chalkie," the mascot of the University, added gloom to the homecoming in 1928. The bird was stuffed and reigned in taxidermic splendor over the cele-
Dr. J. O. Maloney, executive director of the Research foundation, said the electron microscope will be available to the staff of the University. He said it offers all scientific workers the latest facilities in electron microscopy.
brations.
Fireworks and a torchlight parade were 1933's contributions to home-coming. A bicycle race, with the prize of a Thanksgiving turkey, was featured in 1939.
The first wartime pep rally, called the "Battle of the Bands," was held in 1942. In 1943 a formation of 12 bombers flew over Memorial stadium during the homecoming game.
Following World War II, homecomings have become successively bigger and better. Each year contributing more to the already extensive schedule of activities.
Last year, however, the annual homecoming parade and house decorations were canceled to enable fraternity and sorority members to assist flood victims in North Lawrence.
85 Per Cent of Students Make Use of Health Service
By RICH CLARKSON
"Our youth will dwell in a land of health and fair sights and sounds."
That quotation from Plato inscribed in the entrance to the Watkins hospital on the University campus typifies the work of one of the school's most unique, yet often overlooked, services to students.
The University Health service, which doesn't receive a cent of tax money, is financed by a health fee included in every student's semester fees, by charges for special services, and by income from an endowment left by the donor of the modern hospital building, Mrs. J. B. Watkins of Lawrence.
And from the nominal fee collected from every regularly enrolled student, the Health service headed by Dr. R. I. Canuteson provides all of the medical care required by that student for the school year without additional charge with the exception of prolonged stays in the hospital or specialists fees.
Most KU students are quick to take advantage of the services offered by the fully-staffed hospital. Records show that 85 per cent of all University students visit the hospital at least once during the school year while the average number of
calls per student is six. The hospital's doctors handle and average of 200 cases every day.
In addition to these regular services, staff members also take on a number of other special functions such as the annual chest X-rays for all University faculty members and employees, which is now in progress.
All participants in varsity athletes receive a yearly medical examination as do all new students at the beginning of each semester, one of the hospital's biggest jobs.
The Health service also benefits from the advancements in medical science being made at the University's Medical Center in Kansas City. Kan. Many new developments and techniques perfected there are used in the Lawrence KU hospital before they are made available to the profession.
Most recent of such experiences has been the use of an instrument to transmit heart impulses over telephone lines. The equipment was set up in the Watkins hospital and the impulses transmitted to Kansas City where a specialist was able to diagnose the heart ailment. The time-saving value of such an instrument over the old method of mailing an electrocardiograph record to the specialist is great indeed.